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Unit 3: Joseph Andrews-II:

Detailed Study of the Text

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
3.1 Book II, Chapters I through V
3.1.1 Analysis
3.2 Book II, Chapters VI through XII

3.2.1 Analysis
3.3 Book II, Chapters XIII through XVII
3.3.1 Analysis
3.4 Summary

3.5 Keywords
3.6 Review Questions
3.7 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:
• Explain Joseph Andrews-II, detailed study of the text of Book II, all chapters.

• Discuss analysis of Book II all chapters.

Introduction

During his stay in the inn, Adams’ hopes for his sermons were mocked in a discussion with
a travelling bookseller and another parson. Nevertheless, Adams remains resolved to continue
his journey to London until it is revealed that his wife, deciding that he would be more in
need of shirts than sermons on his journey, has neglected to pack them. The pair thus decide
to return to the parson’s parish: Joseph in search of Fanny, and Adams in search of his
sermons.
With Joseph following on horseback, Adams finds himself sharing a stagecoach with an anonymous
lady and Madam Slipslop, an admirer of Joseph’s and a servant of Lady Booby. When they
pass the house of a teenage girl named Leonora, the anonymous lady is reminded of a story
and begins one of the novel’s three interpolated tales, ‘The History of Leonora, or the Unfortunate
Jilt’. The story of Leonora continues for a number of chapters, punctuated by the questions
and interruptions of the other passengers.
After stopping at an inn, Adams relinquishes his seat to Joseph and, forgetting his horse,
embarks ahead on foot. Finding himself some time ahead of his friend, Adams rests by the
side of the road where he becomes so engaged in conversation with a fellow traveller that he
misses the stagecoach as it passes. As the night falls and Adams and the stranger discourse

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